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I don't get this. I honestly don't get it. Switzerland has an extradition agreement with America and has for over a decade (in force date of 1997, I think), so this should be a simple and basic process-- he enters their borders and his passport check shows he's wanted in the US, so they try him to check his legal status and then send him home. Isn't that how this works?

I'm also wholly unaware of why a cultural event such as a film festival has a tradition of being seen as a place of legal safe harbor. I mean...it's my understanding that the Olympics, which at least has a cultural tradition of "transcending national disagreement," doesn't have this, either, so what the hell?

I would imagine that people like Terry Gilliam are bright, so I wonder if maybe they know something I don't.